Introduction to functions in Python Problem Solving w/Python Ch 5 Lecture 1

Do you want to learn to code? If you're a beginner, you're in the right place! This video is part of an introductory series that will teach you to program in the popular Python programming language. In this video, we learn about functions (other names for functions or similar structures are modules, subroutines, methods, or procedures). We learn the syntax for writing and calling a function, some advantages of functions, and how functions alter the flow of control in a program. We learn how to debug a function with the IDLE debugger. This series of videos is suitable for beginners or experienced programmers who want to learn Python. Let's have some fun learning to program with Python! You can purchase the book that goes with this video series here, as an ebook: https://amzn.to/3oiWwOb Or textbook: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/problem-solving-with-python-margaret-stone-burke/1129539414?ean=9798986151311 You can practice writing the function and function call in the video here*: https://codecheck.io/files/2308271316d2v5bfct1jg3o857ta9dlzrhu The github repository with all of the code examples for the book and these videos is here: https://github.com/ProfessorBurke/PythonProblemSolving If you want to earn credit for learning to code, take an online course at CCRI! These videos are part of the Programming Concepts course: https://ccri.edu/comp/ *The CodeCheck system courtesy of Cay Horstmann, https://horstmann.com/codecheck/ 00:00 Introduction to functions 00:40 A text adventure game 03:00 Adding a function 10:06 Debugging a function 11:55 Advantages of functions